Derek Jones, the Irma M. and Robert D. Morris Professor of Economics, has been awarded two new grants. The first was from the National Council for Eurasian
and East European research for a project titled "Economic Performance and Human
Resource Management Policies: Econometric Evidence from the Baltics." The grant will run from October 2004 through the end of 2006. The second grant was from the William Davidson Institute of the University of Michigan for a project, "Insider Econometrics: Evidence for the Balkans." The project runs from 2004-2005.
Jones also participated in the Annual Conference on Transition Economies in Hanoi, Vietnam, and discussed two papers, "Local Protectionism and Regional Specialization: Evidence from China 's Industries" by Chong-En Bai et al and "Revenue Sharing and Control Rights in Team Production: Theories and Evidence from Joint Ventures" by Zhigang Tao et al. The conference was sponsored by the William Davidson Institute, Center for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) and the
Ford Foundation. In addition, Jones presented papers at the International Association for the Economics of Participation, Halifax, Canada, July 8-10. They were titled "The Effects of employee involvement on firm performance: evidence from an econometric case study" (with Takao Kato); and, "The effects of
firm characteristics and stock market conditions on the incidence of
stock option compensation: evidence from Finland" (with Panu Kalmi).
